Many Americans are familiar with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., but many are also not aware that he is a member of the LDS Church.

Written by

Brian Passey
bpassey@thespectrum.com

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States are overwhelmingly Republican.

They share both political and religious affiliation with presidential nominee Gov. Mitt Romney. However, politically left-leaning members of the LDS Church believe Romney's candidacy is also good for them.

"For some reason it took a Mormon running for president for people to realize the Senate majority leader is a Mormon," says Kyle Bishop, an LDS Democrat from Cedar City. ...